More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. Four of ...

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It is the fifth time the world’s nations convened to craft a ...

An advocate for major social media platforms told an Australian Senate committee that laws to ban children younger than 16 from the sites should be delayed until next year at least instead of being ...

Finance bosses at City of York Council have suggested the largest possible rise in council tax - as they grapple with a budget crisis.

The fastest speeding offences in North Yorkshire have been revealed, as police reveal which road saw a driver exceed 150mph.

The father of former British soldier James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, has expressed his “complete shock” to hear his son had been captured. Scott Anderson, 41, told the Daily Mail: “I’m hoping he’ll be ...

North Yorkshire Police say people are receiving scam texts claiming to help people claim their Winter fuel allowance. A force spokesman said: “We are aware of a scam text which invites people to ...

FOUR flood warnings and ten flood alerts are in place this morning across York and North Yorkshire in the wake of Storm Bert.

Williamson is fit again after a groin injury saw him sit out the entirety of a famous 3-0 away win against India.

The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat on ...

True crime documentary series 24 Hours In Police Custody is set to return with the story of a man and a woman who faced a series of anonymous online messages, which escalated into death threats and ...

Hundreds of properties have been flooded, roads were turned into rivers and winds of up to 82mph were recorded during Storm Bert.